NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

Recently two new observatories — NASA's SPHEREx and the Vera C Rubin Observatory — released their first images.

The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...

The net capture dynamics, comprising the net and nonlinear contact dynamics models, are constructed for the asteroid mission. The sliding mode control is applied for designing the controllers of the ...

Channel 2’s Audrey Washington caught up with some meteorite hunters in Henry County who think they might have found something.

A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite—a mineral typically born in ...

After a suspected meteor fell in metro Atlanta on Thursday afternoon, meteorite hunters are searching for fragments. But how do you know if you found a meteorite or just a rock?

A one-ton fiery meteorite streaked across the skies over Georgia at 30,000 mph on Thursday before exploding in midair, prompting hundreds of reports in multiple states. The American Meteor Society ...

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — An afternoon surprise landing of a meteorite in the metro Atlanta caused a buzz across the region. To learn more about the possible space rock that flared through the sky and ...

Remnants of a cosmic 'fireball' object witnessed soaring across Georgia may have broken off and plummeted through the roof of a home south of Atlanta.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.

Meteorites aren't very common in Florida, but there have been documented reports over the last 100-plus years, including three in this century.